Reply #17: you are being disingenuous -- no one said there was no crime or disorder [View All]

What we are doing is collecting rumors and checking them. So far, the most hysterical stuff has turned out to be false:

The assault on the children's hospital? Never happened. Officials at the hospital have said so.

Hundreds of officers on the police force have turned in their badges? Not according to the chief of police.

The New Orleans refugees were running amok in Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and other cities of refuge? Not according to police reports there.

The relief helicopters were fired upon? Not according to the pilots or the FAA.

The convention center was a lawless no-man's land where the survivors were all busy killing and sodomizing each other? Not according to the National Guard troops who were sent there to "retake" the place.

Hungry blacks had resorted to eating corpses? There's no evidence of this.

Hurricane victims were slitting the throats of babies? There's no evidence of this.


The thing is, a lot of rumors were granted immediate acceptance as fact. Some of us would like to put the record straight.